M-Learning and Open Educational Resources in Higher Education Are Significant to Women’s Empowerment: An Insight from National Education Policy-2020

Education is the essential element for unleashing all of human potential. Since no nation can claim to be developed if half of its citizens are incapacitated in terms of education and skills, women's education is a perennial global concern. After 34 years, India's educational policy has changed with the implementation of the National Education Policy 2020 (NEP). In addition to aiming to achieve universal education in India with equal participation for women, this new strategy plans to reach 100% gross school enrolment by 2030. The provision calls for the creation of special education zones and a gender inclusion fund to support fair education for disadvantaged girls. The government is always trying to make its open educational resources (OER) initiatives better and more advanced. In order to support the empowerment of women in our country, the study aims to critically assess the importance of OERs, mobile learning, and associated policy concerns within the NEP framework. The use of OERs and the scope of the existing M-Learning system are examined through contextual analysis. The outcome supports the assertion that m-learning is one of the main and alternative teaching methods that students will have access to both now and in the future. The Indian government's OER initiatives are always being developed and improved. This study helps policymakers understand current trends in open educational resources (OERs) and mobile learning, provides some suggestions for improving the implementation of NEP, and identifies a few gaps in OERs and m-learning that should be addressed going forward. The present study is descriptive in nature and is based on a comprehensive investigation and use of secondary data retrieved from related research papers, books, websites, databases, etc. The findings of the study suggest that the transformation in the educational system with its emphasis on skilled education is the vital component of the New Education Policy in the context of global demands.